Ben From Canada Tells Us How To Like Films

[@misterqreturns]

Ever since I followed this pod I've felt more connected with my kids; would recommend!

[@Mik85346]

i'm ten minutes in and the similarities to cj is so cute

[@lilalampenschirm3203]

at moments it’s almost uncanny😂

[@otto_jk]

CJ the normal talking speed

[@gingertrash64]

Hearing people talk about the proper context to view movies in (dark room with a well-sized screen and good sound vs a phone or a laptop) reminds me of the term "musicking," which is describes the context in which you're intended to experience a piece of music. You can listen to orchestral music on headphones on the bus and have a good time, but its most properly musicked when in a music hall with a quiet respectful crowd (at least by modern standards, I'm pretty sure Mozart wrote in a letter how much he enjoyed hearing the crowd cheer and yell while he conducted) and how that's entierely different from how you'd musick something in a jazz club or an underground hardcore band. It also reminds me of how I've seen some theaters in India where during big blockbusters, people will cheer constantly, pop off poppers and even get on the stage in front of the screen to do the dances from the movie.

[@plotted_pant42]

55:29 perfect david lynch, out of nowhere. have ben back on to do more impressions

[@gingertrash64]

David Lynch impressions are kinda like Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions where everyone has one and they're all beautiful in their own way regardless of accuracy.

[@plotted_pant42]

@@gingertrash64 you have inspired me to find my own

[@duolingo0552]

This video has a lot of minions vibes

[@LittleMakwa]

21:17 Everything new I learn about JJ also baffles me

[@jpidk3190]

22:05 "Pulling a meaning out of it that its not intended to have". Another Delueze and Guattari reference to add to the collection

[@panta_rhei.26]

These frequent uploads are stimulating me

[@Jasmine69420]

My new parasocial fantasy is watching Runescape videos on a laptop with Art Chad.

[@HSTPOD]

🤭

[@vitaminwater9662]

Why so he can rant obnoxiously about liberals or some shit

[@sdfghyuiop7750]

No, so they can post in the comments section of those videos together. *Obviously.*

[@justapun8115]

artchad being an eva fan is the most surprising thing about this episode.

[@cptnd3851]

everything everywhere all at once's humor made me groan in the theater, but i still liked it for everything else

[@mmdetoro]

Ben's the man. We need more Bens

[@ananas6307]

(Be the Ben you want to see in the world)

[@samc7486]

i love my chunko pops. my favorite? its hard to decide they are all like my children.- guy in cruelty squad

[@yobber757]

You have to get Shortfatotaku on because he lives in Canada and it'd be interesting to see you talk to someone who's not only an archetypal Millenial, but a Liberalism supremacist. It would be very interesting.

[@NIN0ID]

I love Ben's perspective on how he engages with and appreciates art. I find beauty or interesting ideas or something to appreciate in pretty much every film I watch, doing this brings me joy. I love to find something fantastic in "bad art". This is part of why I love Caveh Zahedi (please bring caveh zahedi on the pod Jreg, I know you follow him), his art is not commercially widely successful, many people who watch it seem to hate it, it's flawed from a technical perspective, and I usually don't think he achieves what he says he's setting out to achieve. Still, I think he ends up creating very personal, fascinating art that leaves me thinking about big ideas that he maybe didn't even mean to bring up, and I think he's kind of amazing the degree to which he creates these two extremes.

[@ebunny1652]

I like Ben's take on seeing value in all or most art and not getting too caught up in rating and judging everything in terms of "good" or "bad". I do have a Letterboxd where I've rated films, but of course at the end of the day it's all subjective and always being critical of whatever you're engaging with can be toxic I think. I don't really agree with the "KZbin is not for real art/cinema" take though. Sure if you want to create something popular or profitable, there are ways to optimise for that and sure there are other platforms which are perhaps better suited for art, but at the same time there is so much good art on KZbin. Joel Haver I think it both a good example of this and a big proponent of the idea that movies shouldn't just be limited to Hollywood and the theater and stuff, but that anyone can make cool movies, even if they don't have the same budget or connections or whatever. I do agree though that some things are better when experienced on certain platforms. Like watching movies in a cinema is usually a better experience for me (as long as the audience isn't too disruptive), although I think there's something to be said for watching a good film at home too.

[@arbour-concepts]

Ben & CJ share so many mannerisms

[@raulespinosa4427]

The value or "other function" i think funko pops have is kinda like a poster, like those posters your dad used to have about back to the future, or jaws or something, it does nothing, it just takes space on a wall but if you ask your dad it means something to him, maybe when he looks at it it takes him back to when he saw that movie for the first time and makes him smile, idk, maybe they just exist to express love for a piece of media that connected with you. I'm looking at it in a super deep level lol but idk, they're not my favorite medium to do that but maybe that's their appeal

[@ndylion]

in case anyone needs one more excuse to watch Challengers... the screenwriter Ben mentions is Justin Kuritzkes, the potion seller

[@ananas6307]

Ben cracking the biggest smile as he hears Jreg's hopeful take about CA Civil War is genuinely so heartwarming, like he looks like a proud parent or something it's so sweet.

[@Flutten]

I want to know so badly which runescape videos artchad likes to watch

[@HSTPOD]

🤭

[@timisontube]

Artchad and views Chad could bond abt RuneScape if Jreg goes on cold one pod and they keep tradition of bringing on a plus one guest (Bbno$, idat, etc)

[@ShephardWilkinson]

great podcast jreg! get bent brogan

[@parthdeshpande3940]

My brother got me an Orochimaru funko pop. That's why I like it.

[@NosnalemNaej]

At 56:00 Brogan says that adding dramatic suspense using filmmaking techniques in a KZbin video doesn't work. I don't know if that's what you mean, but look at Broey Deschanel's last video (When Movies are a Religious Journey, edited by Ben). The greyscale shots with Maia are a great counterexample I think.

[@MoeHasubandoAbsolver]

Sorry Artchad no, the Barbie movie was not for children per se... I mean it started with a 2001 reference for cryin out loud like what are we doing here exactly?

[@j4ckoe]

criticizing the placement of truth over good for me connects to richard rorty's rejection of mind & thought as akin to some mirror representation of the body & world. as far as i can tell western philosophy is the child of religion and science, who share custody since their divorce. but like an ipad baby, the void of care opened by the parents' mutual preoccupation with politics and money respectively is pounced on by the claws of the machine.

[@malachiwonder6800]

I certainly appreciate the danger of being enmeshed in something someone else owns. But being invested in a good story is so meaningful that I'd consider that danger simply an unfortunate side-effect. EDIT: You mean the live-action Barbie? That wasn't even close to having children as the target demographic.

[@Getsadandstuff]

The energy behind the eyes is the same, i'd believe theyre siblings.

[@TylerWrong97]

Dude on the left smacking into the mic the whole time makes we wanna die

[@MurasakiTama]

I doubted Ben, but Nathan Zed is actually my favorite KZbinr so his catch phrase is actually applicable. At least for a time.

[@JoelMathis-lu6td]

Yessss my boy Ben!!! Incredible editor and video maker!

[@zhitchcresttail3387]

He is THE Ben from Caravan of Garbage, right?

[@theoian]

Yes they are ​@@zhitchcresttail3387

[@skylarm2068]

Brogan is that a Batushka shirt???????????? Fucking amazing.

[@malachiwonder6800]

You've got to get Jonathan Pageau on the podcast. He's Canadian! I think he and Brogan would have some good back and forth over spirituality, and Greg would force him to guide you down symbolism rabbit-holes.

[@obi_dean]

is this ben the editor of the weekly planet?

[@obi_dean]

nice it is

[@pleebfishis4630]

Funko pop section is weird bc its appeal is very obviously the same reason why brogan bought his evangelion thing. A cute object that reminds u of the thing u like. Even if theyre ugly idk how yall missed that

[@len_doraneko]

they even rag on other evangelion merch later on, i really don't get their problem with it

[@timisontube]

It reads as bizarre

[@Billturby]

11:30 Wise af

[@Ajbolt89]

So, I have a tattoo of the Metroid S icon, and I feel like my relationship to the corporate logo I've branded myself with is constantly changing. Metroid was the first series I loved so these days i feel like its just a general Gamer Tatt. But it's definitely something that's subject to criticism haha

[@ramoncarrasco2208]

i love ben from canada!

[@nairb2173]

WTF I was just rewatching one of Ben’s videos yesterday

[@Alex-zv3sb]

Hell yeah bring me on pls

[@sdfghyuiop7750]

Seconded.

[@roslynar]

Not the evil gum😂😂

[@maxim6918]

Cool! Fun!

[@johnmuselmann7886]

Rodney!

[@Plutoful]

Headphone viewers of this podcast

[@thelostbassist450]

You supposed to put it in the upper lip, am from sweden so i know 😂

[@thomaszwinger9784]

You switch to zero nic?

[@keydemographics]

there are 5 ways you can feel about art, each corresponding to 5 star scale: 5: this rules 4: pretty good 3: eh its fine 2: pretty bad 1: sucks ass

[@naaro_____]

based Batushka

[@oui2611]

idk why but the guy on the right reminds me of conan o'brien if he was jewish instead of irish.

[@supbro7347]

Chris Stuckmann is pretty much exclusively positive now. Whats crazy is ive seen a number of videos shitting on him for just that. Weird people.

[@uncouver]

Watches, just like anything else, are only worth what someone will pay for them.

[@blindpringles]

Y'all talk up these Zyn things like they are some hardcore shit. Maybe they are different up in Canada but i tried 'em and I gotta say, it aint shit. I get more of a buzz from a black and mild than these things.

[@thomaszwinger9784]

Mine literally made my wife throw up and she vapes. Hell if I take two 8mg at once I’m gone too ong. 2mg ain’t gonna be rough tho

[@mingster96]

cool man

[@thomaszwinger9784]

your comment fills me with rage

[@nathanchaffin6380]

I blame tier lists..

[@dicedude1071]

I love Ben from Canada, but man are these podcast hosts just not my type of people. Whenever it wasnt Ben talking uninterrupted it was hard for me to listen, all the dudebro takes and zyn and vapes-

[@VelvetelToo]

Watch their newer episode with the vegan

[@metalsonic2099]

Nothing needs to dye.. people just need to remember how to think for themselves. We used to do it all the time.. 🔵✨💨

[@TylerWrong97]

God this is some pretentious shit

[@andre-gs2ic]

ben from boooooooorrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing bruh

[@acactus26]

YoU